2022 European heat waves

There were heat waves in many European countries in June and July 2022. It created all-time high temperatures in many places. The rising temperatures caused wildfires to break out across Europe, and the high temperatures caused hundreds of deaths across Spain and Portugal. The United Kingdom sent its first ever "red" level temperature warning. Many towns were evacuated in Portugal and France.

Climate scientists have connected the extreme heat to climate change. Over 3,000 people have died because of the heat waves.Wildfires rage in France and Spain as heatwaves sear Europe

The highest temperature recorded was  in Pinhão, Portugal on 14 July.

Highest temperatures measured per country 
 Country Temperature Location Date   Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 30 June   Kapelle-op-den-Bos 19 July   Valpovo 23 July   Nicosia 25 June    Vilice 20 July    Abed, Lolland 20 July   Suuresta 19 August    Utsjoki 29 June    Biscarrosse 19 July   Bad Mergentheim 20 July   Fthiotida 23 June   Hódmezővásárhely and Kiskunfélegyháza 23 July  https://weatherspark.com/countries/IS  Neskaupstadur 10 June    Allenwood 18 July   Perugia 24 July   Ventspils 25 June     Alytus 27 June   https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/luxembourg-city/year-2022   Luxembourg City 19 July   Valletta 28 June   Maastricht-Aachen Airport 19 July  https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/tromso/year-2022  Tromsø 2 July    Słubice 19 June   Pinhão 14 July   Bucharest 24 July   Niš 23 July   Dolné Plachtince 21 July   Dobliče 23 July   Torremocha del Campo 14 July   Målilla 21 July   Geneva 4 August   Coningsby 19 July

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